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Of the two pharmaceutical firms that reported second-quarter results Monday, Merck & Co.

An experimental cancer drug shrank prostate tumors dramatically and more than doubled survival in 70 percent to 80 percent of patients with aggressive cancers, British researchers reported Tuesday.

EPA confirms that granite countertops pose no significant health risk, undercutting 'Junk Science' fear mongering, says Marble Institute of America, releasing 2008 Radon study.New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statements reaffirm that granite countertops pose no significant health risk, discounting recent alarmist reports about the safety of granite countertops, said the Marble Institute of America, the nation's leading natural stone association.read more

Is the glass half-empty or half-full? After surveying people who plan to buy a home, Move Inc. reports that 44 percent believe the housing market will improve once the new president takes office in Ja...

The biotechnology company reported a successful trial for an experimental osteoporosis drug that reduced the risk of bone fractures in post-menopausal women.

People with otherwise untreatable depression improved in a small clinical trial after receiving electrical stimulation of a part of the brain that scientists believe regulates sadness. A report this w...

As the popularity of granite countertops has increased, so have reports that some are emitting radiation and radon at surprisingly high levels.

0 posts Responding to the IPPR report, Older people and wellbeing, which shows a decline in mental health and emotional wellbeing in the over 65s, Lizzie McLennan, Senior Policy Officer at Help the Ag...

Central auditory testing may act as an early screen for cognitive decline in the elderly, researchers here said.In a study of 313 patients at least 71 years old, several measures of central auditory processing were impaired in those diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and, to a lesser extent, those with memory impairment but not meeting criteria for Alzheimer's, reported George A. Gates, M.D., of the University of Washington, and colleagues in the July issue of Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery.Central auditory processing is the brain function involved in interpreting complex sounds such as speech.

Since 1996, the life expectancy of HIV patients in developed countries taking antiviral therapy has increased more than 13 years, and deaths have dropped by almost 40 percent, researchers report.